conduce
verb (used without object)
to lead or contribute to a result (usually followed by to ortoward ).
had conduced
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past perfectof conduce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She was heavy at heart, feeling that the whole business of the day had conduced to Ida Palliser's glorification.
From The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Was it possible she, with her well-filled table on which she had prided herself, had conduced to the misfortune?
From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mary E. Mann
The circumstances under which he had passed his childhood had conduced to the early formation of manly character, and to the development of his intellectual qualities.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
Mr. Pitt accepted the conduct of affairs, and by so doing accepted the responsibility for all the acts of the King which had conduced to his appointment.
From The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 by Charles Duke Yonge
The frank, sympathetic, and temperate manner in which the old laird had discussed his affair had conduced to produce this feeling.
From Kindred of the Dust by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
